A drilling system is proposed along with the outline of a potential mission architecture

NASA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center awarded a $105,254 project grant under the Space Technology program to Planet Enterprises on March 26, 2021. The grant supported development of a drilling system and mission architecture utilizing a Perseverance-type rover as a drill rig with minimal science instruments. The proposed system and mission design advances NASA's goals under the Space Technology program to transform future space exploration missions and ensure continued American leadership in aerospace technologies as the agency works to return humans to the Moon under the Artemis program. The project was completed on March 25, 2022, delivering a drilling system and initial mission architecture for testing new capabilities aligned with NASA's technology development priorities.

The mission would utilize a perseverance-type rover as a drill RIG with minimal but appropriate science instruments and…